Constitutes the fourth part, sole issue of the second Latin edition of Theodor de Bry's Great voyages, printed in fourteen parts, in Latin, German, French, and English, in Frankfurt am Main, Oppenheim, and Hanau from 1590-1644, and the Elenchus, an outline of the thirteen Latin parts, published by Matthias Merian in Frankfurt am Main in 1634

This work has been identified as the sole issue of the second Latin edition of the Great voyages by Church

Imprint supplied by Church, as there is no colophon in the second edition

The Roman numeral dates on title pages are made with backwards C's

The second issue of Latin part four can be identified by both title pages printed with the poorly reprinted "privelegio", with the first "e' still somewhat visible, and both title pages with the "Ad invistis Rudolphus II. Rom. imperator"; this edition is a page for page reprint of the first edition, with slight differences as follows: p. [4], 1st count, has line 23 ending "dictum", p. [5], 1st count has line 1 ending "In-", p. [7], 1st count, lacks a catchword, p. 1-7, 2nd count, have marginal notes in an Italic font, p. 9 lacks a tail piece, p. 109 is numbered correctly, the running title reads "Americae liber IV", and leaf O3 is missigned E3; plates I-XXIIII have Arabic numerals engraved on the coppers, with those of 2, 6, and the 6 of 16 engraved in reverse

Latin translation, by Urbain Chauveton, of book one of: Historia del Mondo Nuovo / by Girolamo Benzoni, first printed Venice, 1565, which was first printed in Latin, Geneva, 1578, under title: Novae Novi Orbis historiae

Despite this being a translation of book one only, as is identified on p. 11, 2nd count, the running title reads: Americae liber IV and on p. 145 the last line of text erroneously reads: "Finis libri qvarti"

This part contains the beginning of Girolamo Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo. The remainder was published in the parts V and VI. Benzoni's work was first published in Itlaian at Venice in 1565. It was translated into Latin by Urbain Chauveton. He also translated the work into French. De Bry has followed Chauveton's translation which was published at Geneva in 1578, and has added to it Latin translations of some of the notes which appeared in the French edition. Cf. Church

"Americae pars quarta. Sive, Insignis & admiranda historia de reperta primùm Occidentali India à Christophoro Columbo anno M CCCCXCII scripta ab Hieronymo Bezono Mediolanense, qui istic a[n]nis XIIII versatus dilige[n]ter omnia observavit. Addita ad singula ferè capita, non contemnenda scholia in quibus agitur de earum etiam gentium idolatria. Accessit praeterea illarum regionum tabula chorographica. Omnia elegantibus figuris in aes incisis expressa à Theodoro de Bry Leodiense, cive Francofurtensi anno M D XCIIII. Ad invistis Rudolphus II. Rom. imperator. Cum prevelegio S. C. Maiestat", p. [4-5], 3rd count, has fully engraved title page

Contains a double map which is bound between p. 10 and 11, 2nd count; also contains plates numbered I-XXIIII, printed on recto only, and bound following p. [4-5], 3rd count which are signed A2-4 through F1-5

Signatures: ):(⁴ (entire gathering missigned ):():() ():(1 verso blank) ):();(⁴ ():():(2 missigned ).():(2) A-Q⁴ (O3 missigned E3) R⁶ (R5 verso, R6 blank) ²A-²F⁶ (²F6 blank)

Fully engraved and illustrated title page; engraved head and tail pieces; initials

Arents, G. Tobacco

Church, E.D. Discovery

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675

Alden, J.E. European Americana

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 imperfect: the "us" in the word "Rudolphus" in title page transcription has been nearly rubbed off the page on both title pages

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 has illustration with the seven coats of arms and six virtues on p. [3], 1st count, double map bound in between p. 10 and 11, 2nd count, and plates appear in the second state, with the Arabic numerals engraved on the coppers (except for 2, 6, and the 6 in 16 printed in reverse), as they appear in the second Latin edtion, and are identified in pencil in the upper right hand corner, as they are described by Church

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 imperfect: the "us" in the word "Rudolphus" in title page transcription has been nearly rubbed off the page on both title pages; the text of plate XXIIII is closely cropped at foot and is wanting part of the next to last line and the last line of text

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 has illustration with the seven coats of arms and six virtues on p. [3], 1st count, a folded map bound in between p. 10 and 11, 2nd count, the correct engraving for plate II has been pasted onto left hand margin of misprinted plate no. [27] from the 1630 Latin edition of part 3, plate IV lacks roman numeral in upper right hand corner, and plates appear in the second state, with the Arabic numerals engraved on the coppers (except for 2, 6, and the 6 in 16 printed in reverse), as they appear in the second Latin edtion, and are identified in pencil in the upper right hand corner, as they are described by Church; this copy has been trimmed to 34 cm. in height

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